Utah's BCS opponent

[Mormon Red Death]

Again, just the opposite: if Oregon wins out, they'll play in the BCS title game. The Rose Bowl would then be required to select a non-AQ team to replace them. From reading the BCS selection procedures, I'm pretty sure they'd have to select the highest-ranked non-AQ team (assuming they've earned the "non-AQ auto-bid" by finishing in the top 12), but it's not crystal clear.

Confirmed

For the games of January 2011 through 2014, the first year the Rose Bowl loses a team to the NCG and a team from the non-AQ group is an automatic qualifier, that non-AQ team will play in the Rose Bowl.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Again, just the opposite: if Oregon wins out, they'll play in the BCS title game. The Rose Bowl would then be required to select a non-AQ team to replace them. From reading the BCS selection procedures, I'm pretty sure they'd have to select the highest-ranked non-AQ team (assuming they've earned the "non-AQ auto-bid" by finishing in the top 12), but it's not crystal clear.

Assuming Oregon/Auburn Champ game
Fiesta-Oklahoma B12/non-AQ or selection
Sugar-Alabama or LSU/non-AQ or selection
Rose-Wisconsin/Stanford
Orange-two teams nobody cares about

There are still two spots. I could see Ohio State getting taken over a second non-AQ especially for the Sugar due to travel since two of the non-AQ teams, BSU and TCU are not even selling out home games.

I think if Utah wants Rose Bowl they need Oregon to win out and Zoo to beat the Trees next week.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Confirmed

Things don't always work as reported. We only need to look at last week and the schedule agreements to remember the power the California schools have in the Pac 10.

[Mormon Red Death]

Assuming Oregon/Auburn Champ game
Fiesta-Oklahoma B12/non-AQ or selection
Sugar-Alabama or LSU/non-AQ or selection
Rose-Wisconsin/Stanford
Orange-two teams nobody cares about

There are still two spots. I could see Ohio State getting taken over a second non-AQ especially for the Sugar due to travel since two of the non-AQ teams, BSU and TCU are not even selling out home games.

I think if Utah wants Rose Bowl they need Oregon to win out and Zoo to beat the Trees next week.

Read the bcs rules. If a non aq qualifies they are going to Rose Bowl if Oregon plays in the National champ game. Sorry for the rose bowl but those are the rules

[BoylenOver]

Assuming Oregon/Auburn Champ game
Fiesta-Oklahoma B12/non-AQ or selection
Sugar-Alabama or LSU/non-AQ or selection
Rose-Wisconsin/Stanford
Orange-two teams nobody cares about

There are still two spots. I could see Ohio State getting taken over a second non-AQ especially for the Sugar due to travel since two of the non-AQ teams, BSU and TCU are not even selling out home games.

I think if Utah wants Rose Bowl they need Oregon to win out and Zoo to beat the Trees next week.

All Utah/TCU/Boise needs for a Rose Bowl bid is for Oregon to win out. Stanford can go 11-1 and it won't matter.

[Mormon Red Death]

Things don't always work as reported. We only need to look at last week and the schedule agreements to remember the power the California schools have in the Pac 10.

its the official site. No amount of whining from the trees will change it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Read the bcs rules. If a non aq qualifies they are going to Rose Bowl if Oregon plays in the National champ game. Sorry for the rose bowl but those are the rules

I don't have a dog in this fight, I don't care if Utah goes to the Rose Bowl or the Humanitarian Bowl. I wouldn't hang my hat on BCS rules, unless you have access to the entire document and are willing to litigate if they aren't followed to the letter.

[il Padrino Ute]

There is only a very small chance Utah and Boise St. would play. the most likely spot would have to be in the National champ game. The only chance for them to play in the rosebowl woudl be if the big 10 champ and oregon played in the Nat champ game. They wont meet in the fiesta bowl as it will be the big 12 winner and at large. They won't meet in the sugar as they will take the sec runner up. Orange will be big east and ACC teams.

If Utah remains undefeated its likely they would get shut out of a bcs game.

I disagree. Should both Utah and BSU end up undefeated, the BCS would jump at the chance to put them in the same bowl game so the risk of two BCS teams losing to non-BCS teams would be eliminated. It would be just like last year when the BCS wussed out and put BSU and TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.

That said, my choice for opponent would be Oklahoma so the Utes could temper some of Bab's sassiness.

[BoylenOver]

I don't have a dog in this fight, I don't care if Utah goes to the Rose Bowl or the Humanitarian Bowl. I wouldn't hang my hat on BCS rules, unless you have access to the entire document and are willing to litigate if they aren't followed to the letter.

It was confirmed by BCS bigwig Bill Hancock:

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/...d-hurt-big-ten

[Jeff Lebowski]

What kind of fool would start a thread like this a week before the showdown with TCU?

[Portland Ute]

What kind of fool would start a thread like this a week before the showdown with TCU?

Not a Utah fan.

I saw the title of this thread and cringed. Then I realized it was a Coug that did this.

Apparently, scottie is hoping that the gods of football are like Lou Holtz and get BYU and Utah fans mixed up.

[scottie]

What kind of fool would start a thread like this a week before the showdown with TCU?

I'm either missing an inside joke or unaware of what difference it makes.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I'm either missing an inside joke or unaware of what difference it makes.

Just making a joke about karma.

But while we are on the topic, you once said that if Utah makes the PAC, you would dump BYU and start being a Utah fan. Is the transition complete?

[SeattleUte]

Just making a joke about karma.

But while we are on the topic, you once said that if Utah makes the PAC, you would dump BYU and start being a Utah fan. Is the transition complete?

Not as big a fool as the kind who would say the Air Force game score comparisons "prove" TCU is better than Utah, the week before Utah and TCU are actually going to play one another. We have at least one of those fools here. See Maximus. If you are interested in seeing more of them there are perhaps a thousand on CB.

I don't think you get Karma. It has nothing to do with superstition. That's more a Mormon thing.

[scottie]

Just making a joke about karma.

But while we are on the topic, you once said that if Utah makes the PAC, you would dump BYU and start being a Utah fan. Is the transition complete?

I think what I said was something like if Utah gets a PAC invite it would then become difficult for me not to become a Ute fan. I do cheer for Utah more, and I've become fairly apathetic toward the Cougs after the independence decision.